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Japan revises law to ensure supply of (male) heirs to the imperial throne - NPR

Japan revises law to ensure supply of (male) heirs to the imperial throne - NPR

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.

Japan's upper house of parliament has voted to pass controversial revisions to a law governing who can inherit the throne in the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, just days after the low… [+4322 chars]

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